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Avila and Ian Shaw perform a duet for clarinet and bass trombone, 2005
CALENDAR
2006
March 18-20 Monterey County Symphony
The Overture & selected arias from Mozart’s Idomeneo & Mozart Symphony No. 39
Saturday, March 18: 8 pm. Sherwood Hall. Salinas, CA.
Sunday, March 19: 2 pm. Sunset Theater. Carmel, CA.
Monday, March 20: 8 pm. Sunset Theater. Carmel, CA.
April 3 New Music at UC Berkeley
Works by UC Berkeley composers, including Yiorgos Vassilandonakis’
Refractions d’une trajectoire sans but which features Karla on the E-flat, B-flat,
and bass clarinets. 8 pm. Hertz Hall. UC Berkeley.
April 8 New Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Music by composer Brian Mark, including the premiere of Cityscapes.
8 pm. Hellman Hall. 1201 Ortega Street. San Francisco.
April 14 MikNawooj at the Victorian Englander House
April 27 Ensemble Parallèle at the Asian Art Museum
Chukbukga for saxophone quartet by composer Chan Hae Lee, with Karla on tenor sax.
7 pm. Asian Art Museum. San Francisco.
April 28 MikNawooj at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
April 29 The Conservatory Orchestra
Karla will play alto sax in Gershwin’s An American in Paris.
Also on this concert: Bartók Concerto for Orchestra.
8 pm. Hellman Hall. 1201 Ortega Street. San Francisco.
May 10 World Premieres by composer Darren Jones at San Francisco Conservatory
Karla performs on Bb and bass clarinets in chamber music by Darren Jones.
Also on the program, the world premiere of a piece for 15 timpani and cello,
featuring San Francisco Symphony timpanist David Herbert.
June 29 MikNawooj CD Release Party at Poleng Lounge, San Francisco
10 pm. Fulton St. @ Masonic. $5 cover.
July 4 Monterey County Symphony 4th of July Celebration
7 pm. Karla plays bass clarinet. Visit www.montereycountysymphony.org for details.
July 16 Ragtime The Musical at Woodminster Amphitheater, Oakland
8 pm. Karla plays Bb and Eb clarinets. Visit www.woodminster.com for more info.
July 21 Chamber Music Recital at San Francisco Community Music Center
8 pm. Karla performs with Steve Sanchez, clarinet and Mark Hansen, piano in
Ponchielli’s Divertimento for Two Clarinets and Piano. Other chamber works include
Mozart’s Grand Partita, Dvorak, and more.
August Mozart Festival in Salzburg, Austria
Karla performs principal clarinet with the Mozart Opernensemble in The Magic Flute
and much more on Mozart’s 250th Birthday in the city of his birth!
August 5-19. Salzburg, Austria.
September 30 Monterey County Symphony Gala
8 pm. Annual Symphony Gala. Karla plays clarinet, bass clarinet, and saxes.
Sunset Center. Carmel, CA
October 9 Chamber Music Jam at Revolution Café
8 pm. Check out live chamber music at the Revolution Café
22nd Street at Mission, San Francisco. No cover.
October 14-16 Monterey County Symphony
Getty Overture to Plump Jack, Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 with
Dubravka Tomsic, piano, Shostakovich Symphony No. 5. Karla plays clarinet.
Friday: 8 pm. Sherwood Hall. Salinas, CA
Saturday: 8 pm. Sunset Center. Carmel, CA
Sunday: 2 pm. Sunset Center. Carmel, CA
November 5 Animal Rights Benefit Concert
8 pm. With the Bay Area Chamber Orchestra. Karla plays solo and with the orchestra.
Chapel of the Chimes. Oakland, CA. Free. Donation.
November 12 Chamber Music Jam at Revolution Café
November 30 Live Jazz at the St. Francis Yacht Club
Karla on tenor, with Ian Dickenson, bass and Casey Cameron, piano
December 10 The Nutcracker
2 pm. Karla plays bass clarinet.
Broadway by the Bay, San Mateo Performing Arts Center
2007
January 20-22 Monterey County Symphony
Tchaikovsky selections from The Nutcracker and Swan Lake with dancers from the
American Ballet Theater, and Prokofiev Symphony No. 5. Karla plays clarinet.
Friday: 8 pm. Sherwood Hall. Salinas, CA
Saturday: 8 pm. Sunset Center. Carmel, CA
Sunday: 2 pm. Sunset Center. Carmel, CA
February 17-19 Monterey County Symphony
Wagner Siegfried Idyll, Schumann Concertstück in F Major for 4 Horns, and
Beethoven Symphony No. 5. Karla plays clarinet.
Friday: 8 pm. Sherwood Hall. Salinas, CA
Saturday: 8 pm. Sunset Center. Carmel, CA
Sunday: 2 pm. Sunset Center. Carmel, CA
March 22 Karla Live in Concert: An Evening of Chamber Music
8 pm. Bartók Contrasts with Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano and Alisa Rose, violin,
Prokofiev Quintet with Meave Cox, oboe and Jacob Johnson, double bass,
Brahms Trio with Christopher Basso, piano and Samsun Van Loon, cello, and
special guests OOGOG. San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall. Free.
May 11 Avenue Winds at Old First Church
Music for Woodwind Quintet. 8 pm. Old First Church, San Francisco.
www.avenuewinds.com
June 10 Nothingset Ensemble World Premier Debut
Eclectic and Edgy New music for large mixed ensemble.
8 pm. Varnish Gallery, SOMA, San Francisco. Donation.
July 21 Avenue Winds at SF Chamber Winds Festival
New Music for Woodwind Quintet. 8 pm. SF Conservatory of Music.
www.avenuewinds.com
August 3-20 Le Nozze di Figaro and Die Fledermaus in Salzburg, Austria
Karla performs as principal clarinetist of the Amadeus Opernensemble
September 22 Monterey Symphony Season Opening Gala & Concert
7:30 p.m. Fundraiser. Sunset Center, Carmel, CA
November 10 Nothingset Ensemble
8:00 p.m. New Music at Stanford, Palo Alto, CA. Free.
2008
January 25 Ensemble MikNawooj at the Red Poppy
The ultimate hip-hop chamber experience.
8 pm. Red Poppy Art House, The Mission, San Francisco. Donation.
February 15 Monterey County Symphony
www.montereysymphony.org
March 9 Daniel Zimardi, Bassoon Recital
Featuring Poulenc duo for bassoon & clarinet
8 pm. San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Recital Hall
March 14 Monterey County Symphony
www.montereysymphony.org
May 4 _ Avenue Winds In Concert
John Adams Young Composers Forum
5 pm. Crowden School, Berkeley
May 16-19 Monterey County Symphony
www.montereysymphony.org
May 22 __ Jacob Johnson, Bass Recital
Featuring Prokofiev Quintet
8 pm. Bluesix Acoustic Room, 24th @ Treat, The Mission
June 6 __ Avenue Winds in Concert
Featuring works by Maslanka, Heiden & Muczynski
8 pm. Bluesix Acoustic Room, 24th @ Treat, The Mission
www.avenuwinds.com
June 7 __ Avenue Winds in Concert
Featuring works by Maslanka, Heiden & Muczynski
4:30 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, Palo Alto
www.avenuewinds.com
July 19 __ San Francisco Chamber Wind Festival
Featuring works by Maslanka, and other living composers,
including a piece for solo clarinet by Paul Osterfield
8 pm. San Francisco Conservatory of Music Recital Hall
www.avenuewinds.com
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